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Federal Indian boarding schools still exist, but what's inside may be surprising

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's "Road to Healing" tour last year visited boarding schools, some of them still open, to hear from their survivors.

Passengers evacuated after fire breaks out on cruise ship in Glacier Bay

Nearly 70 passengers were evacuated after a Monday engine room fire disabled UnCruise’s Wilderness Discoverer in Glacier Bay.

A sign in Cuddy Family Midtown Park lays out prohibited behaviors, including camping and having alcohol, near some campers drinking on the morning of May 24, 2023. (Jeremy Hsieh/Alaska Public Media)

Alaska News Nightly: Monday, June 5, 2023

Teens use a healthy kind of peer pressure to warn each other about the dangers of vaping. Plus, renewable energy projects are expanding, above the Arctic Circle, in Kotzebue.

High Schoolers Leena Edais (left) and Roey Armstrong (right) are peer educators with RurAL CAP, teaching other young people what they’ve learned about nicotine and addiction.

Alaska teens, tweens steer peers away from vaping and smoking

Teenagers from rural Alaska were in Anchorage at the end of May, learning from other high schoolers about nicotine addiction.

Host Dave Waldron (second from left) poses with the Blue, Red, and Green barons from the 3 Barons Renaissance Fair in the Alaska Public Media studio. (Shiri Segal/Alaska Public Media)

Hometown, Alaska: The 3 Barons Renaissance Fair is a potent elixir of history, fantasy and fun

If you happened to be driving down Tudor Road in Anchorage last weekend you may have noticed a throng of people dressed in armor, medieval gowns and maybe even a dragon suit. That’s because we are in the midst of the Three Barons Renaissance Fair which runs through this weekend. On this episode of Hometown, Alaska host Dave Waldron speaks with a long-time board member about the fair and moderates a debate between the three Barons as they vie for the public's support to rule the realm of Hillshire.

3 found dead on boat anchored off Juneau's Sandy Beach

Police said there were no immediate signs of foul play.

State of Art: The Anchorage Museum celebrates 100 years of the Alaska Railroad

This week on State of Art we're take a trip downtown to the Anchorage Museum to learn about their new exhibit "All Aboard: The Alaska Railroad Centennial." It covers the history, impact and people that made the railroad what it is today. We're joined by The Anchorage Museum's Aaron Leggett, senior curator and of Alaska history and indigenous cultures, who gives us a tour of some of the exhibits highlights. We hear about contributions of indigenous workers, Leggett's personal connections to the railroad and more.

Missing East Anchorage hiker found dead; no foul play suspected

Police say there are no initial signs of foul play in 28-year-old Juan Toscano’s death, after his body was found Friday night in Campbell Creek Gorge.

A woman sits on the floor with a toddler in her lap and four more toddlers jumping up and down around her.

Girdwood's only licensed child care facility 'at the end of the line' as organizers look to expand

Little Bears' board of directors has been working for more than a decade to expand — aiming to build a new center to serve more than 100 kids.

Wind systems like the one pictured here in Wales, Alaska, were the subject of analysis published in December by researchers at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (Photo courtesy of Alaska Center for Energy and Power)

Dunleavy says Alaska can boost fossil fuels and renewables. Clean energy advocates disagree.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says Alaska is "going to be all-in" on developing energy, from oil to wind. Critics say that plan ignores climate impacts.

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